Nicholas Koy Santillo is Joined by; Lucy Atkinson, Lindsay Huebner and Whitton Frank for our Act I discussion, where we talk about;
- Iago's justifications for hating Othello
- Verse structure, and it's insight into the characters states of mind, education, etc.
- Lucy's love of the sweet sweet Rodrigo
- Barbantio's worst wake-up ever
- Desdemona's strength and awesomeness
- The love between Othello and Desdemona
- The historical context for the war within the play; specifically the Cyprus wars
Othello was frequently performed by prominent white actors in blackface, up into the 1970's.